12 Metre World Championship

12 Metre World Championship is a World Championship sailing regatta in the 12 Metre class organised by the International 12 Metre Association (Website).

Editions

Year	City	Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Notes
1979	Brighton	United Kingdom
1982	Newport	United States
1984	Porto Cervo	Italy
1986	Fremantle	Australia	7–20 February
1987	Porto Cervo	Italy	25 June – 11 July
1988	Luleå	Sweden	19–26 June
1999	Saint-Tropez	France	13–19 June
2001	Cowes	United Kingdom	16–24 August
2003	Newport	United States
2005	Newport	United States	14–18 September
2007	Cannes	France	25–29 September
2008	Glücksburg	Germany	5–11 July
2009	Newport	United States	22–27 September
2011	Flensburg	Germany	28 June – 3 July
2014	Barcelona	Spain	13–19 July
2019	Newport	United States	8–13 July
2021	Helsinki	Finland	14–21 August

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1979 Brighton	Lionheart (GBR)
1982 Newport	Victory '82 (GBR) Phil Crebbin Harold Cudmore	Clipper (CAN) Terry McLaughlin
1984 Porto Cervo	Victory '83 (GBR)
1986 Fremantle	Australia III (AUS)
1987 Porto Cervo	Kiwi Magic (NZL)
1988 Luleå	Kookaburra III (AUS) Peter Gilmour
1991 San Diego	New Zealand (NZL)
1999 St.-Tropez	Kiwi Magic (ITA)
2001 Cowes	South Australia (AUS) Russell Coutts	New Zealand Cameron Appleton	United States John Edwin Bertrand Cole Lissiman
2005 Newport	Hissar - KZ5 (USA)	Wright on White - KZ3 (BRA)	Kiwi Magic (USA)
2007 Cannes	no champion decided
2008 Flensburg	Nyala (ITA)	Trivia (GER)	Sphinx (GER)
2009 Newport	Kiwi Magic (USA)	Wright on White - KZ3 (BRA)	U.S.A. - US61 (USA)
2014 Barcelona	Nyala (ITA)	Trivia (GER)	Vanity V (DEN)
2019 Newport	Legacy - KZ5 (DEN) Challenge 12 (USA) Columbia (USA) Nyala (ITA)	New Zealand - KZ3 (USA) Enterprise (USA) American Eagle (USA) Onawa (USA)	Kookaburra II (ITA) Courageous (USA) Nefertiti (USA) Blue Marlin (FIN)
2021 Helsinki	Vim (DEN)	Blue Marlin (FIN)	Flica II (GER)